Grange halls, like the one in the Anderson Valley in California’s Mendocino County, have been around for more than 150 years. The Grange began as a fraternal organization for ...

California authorities say the sweeping DOGE staffing cuts at the U.S. Forest Service will mean fewer prescribed burns leading into this year's wildfire season. Here's why that scares them.

Press Democrat readers comment on Petaluma’s Lafferty Ranch, and more.

H.R. 1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” now before Congress, would make deep cuts to programs that keep our ...

A woman was dead inside a home that burned early Thursday on the Mendocino Coast, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reported.